Clean Water Advocate Makes Historic 315-mile Swim of Hudson River

On July 28, 2004, Christopher Swain stroked under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and out into the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first person in history to swim the entire length of the Hudson River.  Swain and his team educated the public about the challenges facing the Hudson River, participating in local protection and restoration activities, providing K-12 teachers with online waterway education tools, and promoting an initiative called "Clean Water by 9 AM: nine ways to clean up your waterway every morning." Swain swam through everything from Class IV+ rapids to PCB's to raw sewage before stroking past Manhattan and out into the Atlantic Ocean. Last year, Swain became the first person to swim the entire 1,243 mile reach of the Columbia River. He is currently swimming the 125-mile Lake Champlain.  http://www.swimforcleanwater.org/pages/1/index.htm.